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TO ALL MY FLICKR FRIENDS

nobody@flickr.com (krikamertens) — Thu, 22 Dec 2011 18:31:17 -0800

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My wishes of a
Merry Christmas!
God bless you all!
Cristina

Magic Garden Fairy II

nobody@flickr.com (krikamertens) — Thu, 02 Dec 2010 21:41:58 -0800

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Tried a different treatment here.
I like this much better!

Card series

nobody@flickr.com (krikamertens) — Mon, 04 Jul 2011 14:56:03 -0700

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*•ʚįɞ✿ღ•*¨`*•.•ʚįɞ✿ღ•*
♡ Whatever you can do or imagine, begin it;
♡ boldness has beauty, magic, and power in it.
~Goethe

Protect your fantasy...

nobody@flickr.com (krikamertens) — Sat, 14 May 2011 14:35:14 -0700

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Don`t lose your soul
Let the portal be open
to fantasy land...

Good Morning São Vicente!!

nobody@flickr.com (krikamertens) — Tue, 01 Feb 2011 02:09:18 -0800

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São Vicente is a coastal city of southern São Paulo, Brazil. Its estimated population in 2006 was 329,370 inhabitants.

It was the first Portuguese permanent settlement in the Americas and the first capital of the Captaincy of São Vicente, now the state of São Paulo. Established as a proper village in 1532 by Martim Afonso de Sousa on what was then the Porto dos Escravos (port of the slaves), operated by three Portuguese colonists who trafficked on slaves captured by allied tribes, São Vicente is titled Cellula Mater (Mother Cell) of Brazil for being the first organized town in the country. The first City Council of all the Americas was democratically elected and established in São Vicente on August 22, 1532.

Today's city is positioned off the island of São Vicente, being mostly a dormitory city for the portuary and commercial city of Santos, with whom São Vicente share its island. São Vicente also has a small fishing industry in its mainland area.

A suspension bridge linking the island and the mainland was first constructed in 1914. Neighborhoods include Humaitá, Parque das Bandeiras, Vila Ema and Quarentenário. São Vicente is linked with the Rodovia Manuel da Nóbrega.

Do not be your worst judge. Forgive yourself

nobody@flickr.com (krikamertens) — Mon, 31 Jan 2011 21:38:46 -0800

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I don't know if I continue, even today, always liking myself. But what I learned to do many years ago was to forgive myself.

It is very important for every human being to forgive herself or himself because if you live, you will make mistakes- it is inevitable. But once you do and you see the mistake, then you forgive yourself and say, 'well, if I'd known better I'd have done better,' that's all.

So you say to people who you think you may have injured, 'I'm sorry,' and then you say to yourself, 'I'm sorry.' If we all hold on to the mistake, we can't see our own glory in the mirror because we have the mistake between our faces and the mirror; we can't see what we're capable of being. You can ask forgiveness of others, but in the end the real forgiveness is in one's own self.

I think that young men and women are so caught by the way they see themselves. Now mind you. When a larger society sees them as unattractive, as threats, as too black or too white or too poor or too fat or too thin or too sexual or too asexual, that's rough.

But you can overcome that. The real difficulty is to overcome how you think about yourself. If we don't have that we never grow, we never learn, and sure as hell we should never teach.
-- Maya Angelou

Dreaming of a zen garden

nobody@flickr.com (krikamertens) — Mon, 10 Jan 2011 19:02:53 -0800

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Peace of mind
living pleasure
My zen garden
I dream of it

Summer memories

nobody@flickr.com (krikamertens) — Mon, 10 Jan 2011 18:41:27 -0800

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www.youtube.com/watch?v=V0r74rxvWxo&feature=related

Sweet innocence

nobody@flickr.com (krikamertens) — Sun, 12 Dec 2010 20:49:42 -0800

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Sweet innocence
Children have to be showered with love
shaped in simple things
credits and thanks to:
the woman: mjranum-stock.deviantart.com/gallery/?q=goddess#/d1qgf5m

Magic garden fairy

nobody@flickr.com (krikamertens) — Thu, 02 Dec 2010 10:41:24 -0800

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Fairies are invisible and inaudible like angels. But their magic sparkles in nature. ~Lynn Holland

www.youtube.com/watch?v=SnL1e4-NfaA
music by Sarah McLachlan
credits and thanks to:
model: atistatplay.deviantart.com/art/fairy-mask-39710155?q=favb...
garden: browse.deviantart.com/resources/?q=fantasy%20garden#/d1vntt0

Bliss - What a wonderful world

nobody@flickr.com (krikamertens) — Wed, 01 Dec 2010 18:57:33 -0800

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Credits and thanks to:
girl:
browse.deviantart.com/resources/?qh=&section=&q=M...

background: browse.deviantart.com/resources/?q=bubble%20background#/d...
amazing video:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=qacl5IukKKg

Naiad - The water nymph

nobody@flickr.com (krikamertens) — Mon, 29 Nov 2010 20:02:05 -0800

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www.youtube.com/watch?v=rEBgl9B2G_8

Song - BEAUTIFUL by Late Night Alumni
model thanks to: auroradreams.deviantart.com/gallery/11452130#/d14bb9x
background thanks to: browse.deviantart.com/resources/?q=the%20lily%20of%20the%...

In mythology water nymph refers to a class of minor deities associated with rivers, streams, ponds, lakes, fountains or the sea. The word "nymph" comes from Greek and simply means a young girl. The Greeks have many myths about nymphs and distinguish different types: sea nymphs (two types: oceanids and neriads), fresh water nymphs (naiads), forest nymphs (dryads), tree nymphs (hamadryads). Water, in all it's forms, is so important to human life that every society has it's myths about it and the magical creatures associated with it.

When the rose is gone

nobody@flickr.com (krikamertens) — Tue, 23 Nov 2010 20:13:56 -0800

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When the rose is gone and the garden faded
you will no longer hear the nightingale's song.
The Beloved is all; the lover just a veil.
The Beloved is living; the lover a dead thing.
If love withholds its strengthening care,
the lover is left like a bird without care,
the lover is left like a bird without wings.
How will I be awake and aware
if the light of the Beloved is absent?
Love wills that this Word be brought forth.

~Rumi ~

model: auroradreams.deviantart.com/art/Princess-in-the-wind-6-78...
background: brokenvain-stock.deviantart.com/art/Beyond-Avalon-162494837

The boy who brought water to Africa - Jimmy and Ryan, pen-pals and now brothers, Uganda 2000.

nobody@flickr.com (krikamertens) — Tue, 23 Nov 2010 12:03:36 -0800

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This morning I received a pps with the story of Ryan. I was moved and very touched by his story so this is my tribute to this amazing human being and a hero of humanity.

DAY WITHOUT RAIN

www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bs8AXlTwhJ0
~Enya ~

Ryan Hreljac OOnt, MSM (born May 31, 1991) is a Canadian boy who, at the age of six, began raising money for those affected by the global water crisis, and has since raised millions for water and sanitation projects in Africa.
Ryan Hreljac is a compelling and passionate voice for those impacted by the water crisis in the developing world. He continues to be a role model with a clear message – that every person on the planet deserves clean water, and one voice can make a huge difference.

Visit here:

www.ryanswell.ca/

WISHING A BRIGHT DAY!

nobody@flickr.com (krikamertens) — Mon, 22 Nov 2010 20:05:37 -0800

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girl: browse.deviantart.com/resources/?q=happy&order=9&...

www.youtube.com/watch?v=gIqLsGT2wbQ

This song makes me wanna swirl and sing along...

I Can See Clearly Now

I can see clearly now the rain is gone,
I can see all obstacles in my way,
Gone are the dark clouds that had me blind.
It's gonna be a bright (bright), bright (bright) sunshiny day.
It's gonna be a bright (bright), bright (bright) sunshiny day.

I think I can make it now the pain is gone,
And all of the bad feelings have disappeared,
Here is the rainbow I've been praying for.
It's gonna be a bright (bright), bright (bright) sunshiny day.
It's gonna be a bright (bright), bright (bright) sunshiny day.

Look all around, nothing but blue skies.
Look straight ahead, nothing but blue skies.

I can see clearly now the rain is gone.
I can see all obstacles in my way.
Gone are the dark clouds that had me blind.
It's gonna be a bright (bright), bright (bright) sunshiny day.
It's gonna be a bright (bright), bright (bright) sunshiny day.
It's gonna be a bright (bright), bright (bright) sunshiny day.

Written by: Johnny Nash
performed by Jimmy Cliff

AN EVENING AT HOME

nobody@flickr.com (krikamertens) — Sat, 13 Nov 2010 16:50:19 -0800

krikamertens posted a photo:

A little bit more of the Steampunk world.

THE DESIGN STYLE
Generally it consists of Victorian style brassy metals often with an oxidized, hand-beaten look. In fashion, goggles have often become the iconic symbol for the Steampunk sub-culture. When creating a Steampunk design you might want to include items such as: gears, switches, pulleys, dials, meters, buttons, knobs, old-fashioned light bulbs, decorative brackets, cogs, springs, watch parts, hinges, or keys

background: browse.deviantart.com/resources/?q=steampunk%20background...

Look After My Heart, I've Left It With You.

nobody@flickr.com (krikamertens) — Fri, 12 Nov 2010 16:34:26 -0800

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Let`s love
Let`s kiss
Let`s be happy!!

A wonderful and full of love weekend!!

Comendo doce de padaria e brincando de boneca.

nobody@flickr.com (krikamertens) — Thu, 11 Nov 2010 21:41:38 -0800

krikamertens posted a photo:

Eating bakery pastries and playing with the dolls.
Perfect combo!!!

dolce far niente...

nobody@flickr.com (krikamertens) — Wed, 10 Nov 2010 18:52:54 -0800

krikamertens posted a photo:

On a wonderful Spring day, this is our favorite "activity".
:)

Healing rain

nobody@flickr.com (krikamertens) — Mon, 08 Nov 2010 19:34:16 -0800

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Rain falls back to earth
Soon ready to rise again.
We are briefly cleansed

Haiku by David A. Reinstein, LCSW